
Domestic or Novices’ Chapel
Espacios
Historical Description
Also known as the Novices’ Chapel, this space was shared by young Jesuit students and priests. Here, novices took part in religious services. The presbytery is adorned with paintings depicting saints whose lives served as moral examples for them.
Aesthetic Description
Built in the early 17th century, the chapel has a single nave with a vaulted ceiling richly decorated with polychrome stuccowork. Framed by plant and geometric motifs are the coats of arms of the six major religious orders that evangelized New Spain.
